Dumping-wagon.



W. BARBER.

DUMPING WAGON.

APPLICATION man MAY 10, 1915.

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W. BARBER.

DUMPING WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 19H).

Patented Apr. 9,1918.

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W. BARBER.

DUMPING WAGON.

APPLICATION mzu MAY 10, 1915.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

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l/VVEAITOR //Z[cw/W /W ATTORNEY WILLIAM BARBER, OF IBRQOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ADA S. BARBER, F BRQOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DUMl-ING-WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.ttppltcation filed T-i'ay 10, 1915. Serial No. 27,032.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that l, WILLIAM BARBER; a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Dumping-lVagons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clumping wagons.

The object of the invention is to provide a dumping wagon which is simple in structore, efiicient in operation and economical to manufacture.

A further object 01"? the invention is to provide a dumping body which may be associated with or form a part of a vehiole and to provide means operated by the movement of the vehicle to tilt the dump ing body.

Further objects will appear more fully hereinafter.

The invention consists substantially in the construction, combination, location and relative arrangement of parts, all as Will be more fullyhereinafter set forth, as shown by the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a dumping wagon applied to a vehicle, and embodying my invention.

f2 top plan view of the same.

is an elevation of the tail boar-cl of the dumping body shown in "the preceding; figures.

is a view in side elevation of the same showing means for locking the tail board in closed position.

5 is a broken detail view in top plan showing the tail board lock.

6 a rear end view of the dumpbody nd its support with tail board removed. v

Fim(.,? is a detached view oi the body t' lDGfiUS used in connection with my 1 is a top plan view of a mod'tiecl form body embodying my 3n- Fig. 9 is a view in side elevation of the same.

Fig. 10 is a broken view in side elevation showing means to lock the dumping body in its normal position.

The same part is designated by the same reference numeral wherever it occurs throughout the several views.

In carrying out my invention I provide any suitable form of vehicle, truck or the like, whether employing horse or motor power, upon the frame of which I mount a dumping body suitably hinged thereto to tilt thereon with means, if desired, to normally lock the same against tilting movement, and I provide the dumping body, with a hinged tail board or rear end I also provide suitable tilting means controllable by the driver of the vehicle, which, when moved into position for use in tilt-- ing the body releases the body and its tail board and which also, by a movement of the vehicle causes the body to tilt to dump its contents and the tail board to open to permit of the dumping of the contents.

This, in a brief Way, sets forth the general objects and purposes of my invention, and while I have shown, and will now describe, various arrangements for carrying my invention into practical use and operation, itis to be understood that many changes and variations in the details of structure may readily occur to persons skilled in the art and still fall within the spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the claims. do not desire, therefore, to be limited or restricted to the exact details shown.

In carrying out my invention in one form of embodiment thereof, as shown, for illus tration, in Fig. 1, I employ a suitable vehicle, indicated, generally at 2 and a frame 5, with a. drivers seat, indicated. 3, and t e usual supporting and steering wheels 6. These various parts may be of the usual or any well known type or con stuzction. ln vertically extending brackets I, attached to the respective sides e vehicle frame 5, near the rear position and then suitablyrocking the l thereof is mounted a transversely extending member 8, "forming a hinge support for the dumping body 1, which is carried by and supported upon the vehicle frame, said body being connected to the transverse member 8 by means of suitable boxes 4, to form hinge connections therewith.

Suitably hinged to the body 1 are le s 12 arranged, when in normal retracted position to be raised into horizontal position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1., but when required for use designed to be rocked down into inclined position'iitw the free ends there-- oil. to engage the ground sothat by ineve vehicle in the required direction the ids ot the legs dig: into the ground and in coining; into vertical position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, due to the movement of the vehicle, cause the body 1 to tilt upon its pivotal supporting incinber 51, to dump its contents. After the dumping; operation is completed the body is restored to its normal position and the legs returned to initial retracted position by novinn the vehicle in the opposite direction to again bring the legs into angular into their normal retracttal position. 111 the arrangement shown for accomplishing these operations the legs 12 form the ends oi a secured to the bottom or" the body at. a point. in Front. of the hinge axis b of the body.

'lhe s '12 are controlled from the front end of the vehicle and from a point located conveniently to the driver in any suitable .Eittlltlltll. simple. arrangement is shown wherein, i he illustrative strut i are shown, the hinged yolnnieiuber forming part of the let. 's provided with a Ytilllt'f; ll extending arin ll, to the upper end ol' which is connected a rod 13, which extends to the front end oithe vehicle, and to a point convenient. to the drivers seat where it is connected to a lever 1 1-, pivoted as at in, and marking; or sw ng int, alont 'r-ide a locking segment and having: a lockinglatch device .li cooperating with said segment. liy reeasing the locking: latch device l7, and rocle the lever i l, the it-gs l2. may be rocked wn into the angular or inclined posi ion snmvn in dotted lines in .l ig. l, or into to l. or normal position shown in full. .n said, figure. When said legs are into inclined position for the reef to engage the ground, and e is moved, as, ior instance, by

' fern. shown F i I ground thereby to be til d as the conmen's the vehicle yoke shaped member which 's' ournah-tl lIl suitable bearing boxes ti,

tion. If desired, a suitable stop device, such as an angle plate 18, secured to the side of the vehicle frame, may serve to prevent the le s from rockiin be end a vertical )osition.-

After the contents of the body have been dumped the parts are restored to their nor-- mal positions by causing the vehicle to move forwardly a distance sutlicient to causethe legs 12 to assume their angular or inclined position, thereby permitting the body 1 to reslnne its horizontal position. Then, by operating LllQ lever ll, the legs 12 are rocked up into their retracted position.

It; may son'ictiines be desirable to lock the end gate or tail board of the body closed and, also, to release and open the same automatically. l accomplish these results in the following manner.

lhe end gate or tail board 19 is hinged, in the usual manner to the rear end of the body, and is provided with angular straps or projections 20 over or behind which hook por trans ll of the legs 12 engage when said legs are in retracted position. By these means the tail board is locked in closed position, and is released by rockin the legs down into position to tilt the body.

in order to autonnttically open the end grate or tail board, I propose to utilize the tilting movement, of the body. This can be accomplished in many dilferent ways. A simple arrangement. is shown wherein 1: secare to the vertical edges of the end gate plates or arms 22 to the upper end of each of which is pivotally connected one end of a linl-z 2:3. as at 35, the other ends of said links lit-inn pivotally connected to the upper ends oi the brackets 7, as at. 21. \Vith this arrangement it will be een that; when the body 1 tilts about its axis 8 the links 23 will rock about their axes 72 i, and by reason of the re lation oi these pivoted axes, and the ditl'ereuro in radius length of the links and the upper portion of the rear end of the body, as

they pivot around their respective centers of movement, as the body tilts into the position thereot indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 the end on to will be automatically rocked or swung into open position.

To lock the body in its normal position I hinge to the side thereof near its forward a locking dog 26, see Figs. 8 and 10,

. to engage a pin or stud 27, on the e 5 of the vehicle. A red 28, connects l leg is rocked downwardly from its normal retracted position the dog 26 is rocked. out of engagement with the pin 27, thereby re leasing the body.

' "l. and 2 I have shown an arrangen the vehicle is backed after -ng legs in order to efiect the tidy. they sometimes be dog 26 to the leg 12, so that when said.

incense A 1 I u 5. desirable to cause the body to tilt by a forward movement of vehicle. In that case it is only necessary to arrange the legs to extend: forwardly instead of rearwardly of the vehicle. This arrangement is shown in 8, 9 and 10. In this arrangement the legs, when lowered instead of being inclined rearwardly are inclined forwardly of the vehicle, and consequently the tilting action of the body is secured by a forward movement of the vehicle,

Having now set forth the object and nature of my invention, and various arrangements embodying the principles thereof, what I claim as new and useful and of my own in-- vention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A vehicle having a frame, a dumping body, brackets connected to said frame, a supporting member carried by said brack ets, said body being hinged to tilt upon said member, logs pivotally connected to said body at one side of the tilting axis thereof, means to rock said legs downwardly into contact with the ground, whereby, by moving the vehicle said body is tilted, an end gate having projections, said legs having hook ends to engage said projections to hold the end gate closed when the legs are in retracted position, said projections being released when said legs are rocked downwardly.

2. A vehicle having a frame, a dumping body, brackets connected to said frame, a supporting member carried by said brackets, said body being hinged to tilt upon said member, legs pivotally connected to said body at one side of the tilting axis thereof, means to rock said legs downwardly into contact with the ground, whereby, by moving the vehicle said body is tilted, an end gate having projections, said legs'having hook ends to engage said projections to hold the end gate closed When the 'legs are in re tracted position, said projections being released when said legs are rocked downwardly and means operated by the tilting movement of the body to open said gate.

3. In a vehicle, a frame including a transversely extending shaft, a body having hinge bones pivotally connected to said shaft, legs pivotally connected to said body, and means positively rock the free ends of said legs into and out of contact with the ground whereby, b moving the vehicle when the free ends 0 said legs are in contact with the ground, said body is rocked on said shaft.

4. In a vehicle, a frame including a transversely extending shaft, a body having hinge boxes pivotally 3ournaled on said shaft, legs pivotally connected to said body, and. means located at the front of said vehicle for positively rocking the free ends of said legs into contact with the ground whereby, by moving said vehicle, said body is rocked on said shaft.

5. In a vehicle, a frame including a transversely extending shaft, a body having hinge boxes pivotally journaled on said shaft, legs pivotally connected at one end to said body and having their free ends extending toward the rear end of said body, and means to rock the free ends of said legs into contact with the ground whereby, by moving the vehicle rearwardly, said body is rocked on said shaft, and a stop for limiting the move ment of sai'd legs.

6. In a vehicle, a frame including a transversely extending shaft, a body having hinge boxes pivotally journaled on said shaft, legs pivotally connected at one end to said body, and means to positively rock the free ends of said logs into contact with the ground whereby, by moving the vehicle, said body is rocked on said shaft, an end gate for said body, and means connected to said gate and operated by the rocking movement of said body to open said gate.

7. In a vehicle, a frame including a trans" verscly extending shaft, a body pivotally mounted on said shaft and provided with an end gate, means for locking said end gate, legs pivotally connected to said body, and means for unlocking said gate and simultaneously dropping said legs, whereby when said vehicle is moved, said body is rocked on said shaft and said gate is opened.

8. The combination with a vehicle including a supporting frame, and a dumping body pivotally connected on a transverse axis to said frame, of legs pivotally connected to said body in advance of the pivotal axis of the latter, means to rock said legs into contact with the ground whereby by moving the vehicle said body is tilted about its pivotal axis, a lock to hold the body in normal'position, and means to automatically release said look.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of the subscribing witnesses, on (his 7th day of May A. 11,1915.

WILLIAM BARBER. 

